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    Please translate this

    Please translate this English phrase to Russian.

    Don't give the last American big gun any easy targets.
    Big gun here is an artillery cannon.
    This also should be the last phrase I need to get translated before I finish my novel.

    Thank you in advanced.
    Kahless
    Last edited by kahless; January 19th, 2012 at 12:09 AM. Reason: rephrase

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    More detailed context is needed. The phrase by itself can be treated in too many ways.
    "Россия для русских" - это неправильно. Остальные-то чем лучше?

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    Ah. The idea is that there is about to be a charge of some hover-tanks (science fiction). They are charging a military post. There was just concluded an artillery battle between the two sides, in which all of the Soviet artillery guns were destoyed, and all of the Americans, except one. The American post has its back to a very large and deep Lunar crater, so the charge will come from on hundred and eighty degrees, the Soviet tank regiment attacking the post from all directions on the half-circle.

    The Soviet colonel is giving his first officer final instructions for the charge.

    The vulnerable part of American post presents itself to us as a semi-circle. Attack from all possible directions, evenly spread out. This will deny the last American big gun any easy targets.



    Thanks, Kahless

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    Quote Originally Posted by kahless View Post
    Don't give the last American big gun any easy targets.
    OK, then I'd translate it like this:

    Не подставляйтесь под последнюю американскую пушку.

    "Avoid to be an easy target for the last American cannon."
    "Россия для русских" - это неправильно. Остальные-то чем лучше?

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    "Так мы не будем лёгкой мишенью для последнего орудия американцев"

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    Quote Originally Posted by kahless View Post
    The Soviet colonel is giving his first officer final instructions for the charge.
    The vulnerable part of American post presents itself to us as a semi-circle. Attack from all possible directions, evenly spread out. This will deny the last American big gun any easy targets.
    Наиболее уязвимая часть в обороне американцев - это полукруг прямо перед нами. Рассредоточьтесь, и атакуйте со всех направлений. Это позволит нам не стать легкой добычей для последнего главного калибра американцев.

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    Thank you everyone.

    Kahless

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